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RANKI'IOLDEN, OF LITGHFIELD, ILLINOIS. Letters 'Patent -1Y0. 69,667, dated-October 8, 1867.

IlllIPItOVFlill-ENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY OONCERN.-

Beit known that I, FRANK HOLDEN, of Litclriield, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Illinois,

'have invented a new and improved Horse-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear1 and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line x z, iig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved revolving horse-rake, and it consists in a novel construction of the same, and a peculiar arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby several advantages are obtained which will be hereinafter alluded to.

-A- represents an axle, having a wheel, B, on each end of it, and a a are two parallel hars, the rear ends ot which are framed into the front side of theeaxle, the front ends of the bars a a being connected by a cross-har, 6, the whole forming a rectangular frame. C C are thills which are attached to said frame, and secured in position by brace-rods c c, and D is the driverfs seat, attached to a support o r standard, d, on theaxle A, and braced by a rodA from a bar,f, secured obliquely on the rear part of the framing at its left-hand side. To the rear side of' the axle A a' step is attached to facilitate the driver getting upon his seat. To the front part oi' each side bar a a of the framing there isattaohed an oblique pendent bar, h, and to the lower end's or these bars lthere are secured by pivots z' arms E E, having bars jj framed into'their lower ends at obtuse angles. F represents a rake, which is composed of a series of wooden teeth, lc, passing through a head, l, and projecting at equal distances from the oppositesides of it, as usual. The rake-head Z is secured to the lower ends of the bars jjhy metal straps, m, the'rake-head being allowed to turn freely in said straps, and each strap has a., hook, n, attached, the

use of which will be presently shown. G'represents a lever, the lower end of which is connected by a metal strap, o, with the centre of the rake-head' Z.v The lower part of this lever has a pawl, p, pivoted to it to engage with hooks p* 1J* on the rake-head, and a bar, H, which is connected bya joint, q, with the front bar b of the framing, is connected at its rear end with the lever G by a link, 1', having a cross-head, s, at its lower end.Y To the front side of theaxlcA a shaft, I, is iitted in beghl'ings t t, and is turned by means of a foot-lever, J, attached to it, a spring-catch or fastening, K, which is attached to the axle, passing through theupper part of the lever J. Each end of the shaft I has a crank, u, formed on it, andthe outer ends of these cranks are connected by pivots, v, to sliding rods .L L, which are fitted in guides w at the inner surfaces of the side pieces a a of the framing, said rods L being'in line with the` hooks u on the straps m.

The above parts comprise all the parts of the invention, and the operation is as follows As the machine is drawn along the rake is kept to its work by means of the cross-head s of thelink a'. When -the rake has eolleeted or gathered up a load the driver, by simply raising the lever Gr, and thereby the cross-head e, admits of the rake making a semi-revolution in order that it may discharge its load, the revolving movement ot` the rake being stopped in consequence of the pawl i) engaging with the hook 29". The rake, it will seen, in consequence of being hung as shown, is allowed to rise as it turns, and the rake may be suspended in an elevated state at any time when required, as, for instance, in drawing the rake from place to place, by operating the foot-lever J", and thereby turning the shaft I, so that theci'anks u u may throw forward the rods L under the hooks ai. The rake, it will also be seen, works in front of the wheels BAB, and underneath the framing of the machine.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The sliding rods L L, connected with the shaft I, operated through the medium of the foot-lever J, in combination with the lhooks n n on the straps m m, in which the rake-head lis fitted, arms E E, and pendants it h, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the above I claim the arms E E supporting the rake, and pivot-ed to the oblique pendants 7L L, substantially as described for the purpose specified;

FRANK IIOLDEI Witnesses:

' JONATHAN A. WIcnEns'HAM,

Guo. F. Btoennunenn. 

